Put a coat of primer on the block. Was going to hit it a second time, think I will skip that and just hit it with stock (well, as close as it is lol) color of blue.

I am half tempted to pop the freeze plugs out, paint the block, then put them back in. Brass freeze plugs against that blue look good. Tho I probably wont. I'll just be happy its freshened up. I do have a pic of the primer, but it's just grey primer on an L16. nothing worth while of posting.